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politics2 years ago

Rep. Elise Stefanik lodges ethics complaint against judge overseeing Jan. 6 cases

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik has filed a complaint and requested an ethics investigation against federal judge Beryl Howell, who has presided over key Jan. 6 Capitol attack cases. Stefanik alleges that Howell engaged in inappropriate political speech by suggesting that reelecting President Trump would lead to fascism in America. Howell's speech, given at an awards gala, warned about the impact of burying facts and rising authoritarianism without mentioning Trump by name. Stefanik claims that Howell's statements were partisan, interfered with the election, and were improper while criminal cases were pending.

via USA TODAY|
#beryl-howell#elise-stefanik#ethics-investigation
politics2 years ago

Stefanik Launches Ethics Complaint Against DC Judge in Trump and Jan. 6 Cases

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik has filed an ethics complaint against DC District Judge Beryl Howell, who has presided over cases involving former President Trump and the January 6th Capitol riot. Stefanik accuses Howell of delivering a "highly inappropriate" speech that blamed the Capitol violence on "big lies" and warned of the dismissal of facts. Stefanik also criticizes Howell's relationships with Obama-era Attorney General Loretta Lynch and current Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, claiming they undermine public trust in judicial independence.

via Fox News|
#beryl-howell#elise-stefanik#ethics-complaint
politics2 years ago

Trump's Legal Woes Continue with Crime-Fraud Ruling and Misleading Claims.

Former President Donald Trump is fighting a federal judge’s determination that his communications with attorney Evan Corcoran — amid a grand jury probe of Trump’s handling of classified documents — likely contain evidence of a crime. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Howell’s order temporarily on Tuesday night, ordering an extraordinarily rapid series of filings in a matter of hours. The grand jury probe of Trump, helmed by special counsel Jack Smith, is an outgrowth of a monthslong battle between the National Archives and Trump to obtain hundreds of government records stashed at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office.

via POLITICO|
#attorney-client-privilege#beryl-howell#classified-documents
politics2 years ago

Federal Judge Orders Trump Lawyer's Testimony in Documents Probe.

On her final day as chief judge in the District of Columbia, Beryl Howell handed over former President Donald Trump's lawyer Evan Corcoran's notes to federal prosecutors, potentially planting the seeds for a future constitutional challenge. Howell deemed the notes evidence of a crime involving Trump improperly hoarding classified documents after he left office. Corcoran's professional notes about private communications with his client were turned over to Judge Howell, who was conducting an "in camera review." Federal prosecutors have been exploring criminal charges against Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection, defrauding the nation and its courts with bogus election fraud conspiracies, and the way he refused to return classified documents kept at his South Florida oceanside estate of Mar-a-Lago long after leaving the White House.

via The Daily Beast|
#beryl-howell#classified-documents#doj
politics2 years ago

New Chief Judge to Oversee Trump Probes in Washington

Beryl Howell has handed off her position as chief judge of the federal district court to a colleague after seven years. Howell's secret work presiding over grand juries that could lead to charges against former President Donald Trump has brought her a cult following on social media. Her colleagues toasted and occasionally roasted her, and made clear they were as tantalized as the rest of the political world by Howell’s secret work. Judge James Boasberg replaced Howell as chief judge, and no major shift in the direction of the court or those probes is expected as a result of the change.

via POLITICO|
#beryl-howell#chief-judge#dc-circuit-court-of-appeals